NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 20 December 1924
20 DECEMBER 1924
The House of Commons, before rising until February 10, discussed generally the question of unemployment and relief of trade depression. Mr William Graham, suggesting an ex- tended application of the export credits scheme, said that while at the Treasury he was amazed to find that even among business men there was an almost complete absence of knowledge of the scheme. On the same point, Mr A. M. Samuel said the Overseas Trade Department wished that the scheme were better known and used more than it is at present by people in the North.
A profound impression has been created in Berlin by Lord Curzon’s announcement that the Cologne zone will not be evacuated on January 10 and the reasons given for the postponement.
Viscount Kato, the Japanese Prime Minister, in a speech at Tokio, said that the British authorities had given assurances that the Singapore base was purely a national affair, and was not intended to influence international relations.
The Albanian Premier has appealed to the League of Nations to intervene at Belgrade with a view to putting an end to the present disturbances, which, he declares, have been organised in Jugo-Slav territory.
An Oil Conservation Board has been created by the President of the United States. It consists of the Secretaries of War, the Navy, Interior, and Commerce.
Flag appointments announced by the Admiralty include that of Sir Roger Keyes to the command of the Mediterranean station.
David Lloyd George, who is to address a Liberal demonstration in Edinburgh to-day, travelled to Scotland, arriving at Waverley Station last night.
Captain Elliot, Under Secretary for Health for Scotland, speaking at a Building Trade Association dinner in Edinburgh, said that considerable leeway needed to be made up in Scottish housing. He pointed out that unless Scotland completed 11 houses, as compared with every 80 houses built in England, she would be paying a subsidy towards housing in England.
